Mantus

Racism is when you make a judgment of an individual based on a stereotype of his race instetead of their individual value.

For example if you have a Chinese friend it’s all in good fun if you make some remark about him being a bad driver (within limits of course). But if you are getting into a car and insist that he should not drive because he is Chinese then that would be racist, because you would be acting on a stereotype.

Racism can also be used in reverse. Where the individual accuses his critique of racism to cover up his own flaws.

For example lets say that your Chinese friend really was a bad driver. Yet when you state this he dodges the accusation by insisting that you are being a racist. This happens all too often when people who critique the Israeli government end up being classified as anti-Semitic or worse, nazis…even though they criticize the actions of a government body and not the people and especially not the race.